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A good location for the printing office has been chosen, within
easy distance of the post office, and a site for a meetinghouse also has
been found. It seems as if Takoma Park has been specially prepared
for us, and that it has been waiting to be occupied by our institutions
and their workers.—
The Signs of the Times, June 15, 1904
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The Lord has opened this matter to me decidedly. The publishing
work that has been carried on in Battle Creek should for the present be
carried on near Washington. If after a time the Lord says, Move away
from Washington, we are to move.—
The Review and Herald, August
11, 1903
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Madison, Tennessee
I was surprised when, in speaking of the work they wished to do
in the South, they spoke of establishing a school in some place a long
way from Nashville. From the light given me I knew that this would
not be the right thing to do, and I told them so. The work that these
brethren [E. A. Sutherland and P. T. Magan] can do, because of the
experience gained at Berrien Springs, is to be carried on within easy
access of Nashville, for Nashville has not yet been worked as it should
be. And it will be a great blessing to the workers in the school to be
near enough to Nashville to be able to counsel with the workers there.
In searching for a place for the school the brethren found a farm of
four hundred acres for sale about nine miles from Nashville. The size
of the farm, its situation, the distance that it is from Nashville, and the
moderate sum for which it could be purchased, seemed to point it out
as the very place for the school work. We advised that this place be
purchased. I knew that all the land would ultimately be needed.—
The
Review and Herald, August 18, 1904
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Mountain View, California
Instruction has also been given that the Pacific Press should be
moved from Oakland. As the years have passed by the city has grown,
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and it is now necessary to establish the printing plant in some more
rural place, where land can be secured for the homes of the employees.
Those who are connected with our offices of publication should not be
obliged to live in the crowded cities. They should have opportunity to